Index
of FEAR-List Bulletins
2004
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last update August 4, 2004
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August 2004
CA: Eureka Ordinance Tabled!, August 4, 2004
MI: Poletown seizures are ruled unlawful, August 4, 2004
ALA statement re: DOJ order to destroy forfeiture documents, August 3, 2004
CA: Letter to Eureka City Council: "Thou Shall Not Steal", August 3, 2004
Ashcroft Tells Libraries to Destroy Citizen-Friendly Publications two of which are texts of federal Forfeiture statutes, August 2, 2004
CA: FEAR's letter to Eureka City Council: Eureka City Council Bill No. 731-C.S., August 2, 2004
CA: Don't carjack Tourists, or parents who take their kids out to the park, August 2, 2004
CA: concerned citizen letter: Opposed to Forfeiture Ordinance, August 2, 2004
CA: letter from concerned citizen re: proposed Eureka forfeiture ordinance, August 2, 2004
CA: Eureka Reporter Op Ed on proposed ordinance, August 2, 2004
CA: Open Letter to the Eureka City Council, August 2, 2004
CA: Help us fight Eureka's proposed forfeiture ordinance!, August 1, 2004
CA: Decision on forfeiture of surety bond, August 1, 2004
July 2004
Boston.com - News - Nation - Order to destroy pamphlets canceled, July 31, 2004
NJ: Institute of Justice press release: YES THEY WILL APPEAL!, July 27, 2004
NJ: Scott Bullock loses round 2 in NJ v. 1990 Ford Thunderbird, July 27, 2004
FTalk: DOJ orders libraries to destroy DOJ publications on forfeiture, July 27, 2004
Comments on NJ prosecutor's press release in NJ v. 1990 Ford Thunderbird, July 26, 2004
NJ: NJ v. 1990 Ford Thunderbird - Press release from the prosecutor, July 26, 2004
We're still here, July 26, 2004
Join us in fighting the destruction of public documents, July 25, 2004
Librarians vow to fight ordered destruction of public documents, July 24, 2004
Letter ordering libraries to destroy DOJ forfeiture publications, July 24, 2004
DOJ orders libraries to destroy DOJ publications on forfeiture, July 24, 2004
MI: Money seizure in Lincoln County raises questions about state law, July 10, 2004
LA: Highway Robbery?, July 10, 2004
RI: The Patriot Act, July 10, 2004
Abuse of the Federal Equitable Sharing ("federal adoption") program, July 7, 2004 (commenting on the article below about GA sheriff's race)
GA: Sheriff's Race Heats Up Over Drug Money, July 7, 2004
June 2004
Robert D. Kephart (1934-2004), June 25, 2004
May 2004
Second Circuit Finds Broad "Fugitive" Definition for Civil Forfeiture, May 24, 2004
Could treaty with UK target US founders?, May 19, 2004
April 2004
Big Brother is Watching: Suspicious activity reports, April 28, 2004
U.N. Crime-Fighting Treaty Spells Disaster for America, April 27, 2004
Testing the Boundaries of Eminent Domain, April 22, 2004
Another article about Holy Land Foundation, April 20, 2004
Holy Land Foundation Shut Down, April 20, 2004
Holy Land Foundation forfeiture case, April 20, 2004
U.S. targets assets of suspected Hamas financiers, April 20, 2004
CA: News on Mark Clausen's oral argument in Cal. Court of Appeal, April 20, 2004
Reply on drug sniffing dogs issue, April 19, 2004
News media is requesting victim stories, April 19, 2004
CALIFORNIA: Frances Plante-Scott
recalls events from 1992 when her husband, Donald Scott,was killed . . .,
April 1, 2004
CALIFORNIA: Police raid innocent
citizens because of high electric bills, April 1, 2004
March 2004
A subscriber
comments on New Hampshire article re: Merrimack police building gym
with forfeiture revenue, March 29, 2004
NEW JERSEY: Scott Bullock's brief and
the trial court opinion are now on FEAR website, March 29, 2004
NJ: Oral argument in Scott Bullock's
challenge to forfeiture law to occur on 3/31/04 , March 26, 2004,
Institute for Justice press release
FEAR-Talk: Re: looking for a bit of
help re: gov't's duty, if any, to ID & notify potential claimants,
March 26, 2004
VA:
"Police seize 'drug house'" from innocent buyer, March 25, 2004,
link to article
FEAR: Announcing new FEAR-List feature:
"Important Forfeiture Decisions," March 25, 2004
FEAR: Important Forfeiture Opinion: U.S. v. Bearden (8th Cir. 2003)
- standing/ownership, March 25, 2004
FEAR: Important Forfeiture Decision: U.S. v. Pease (11th Cir. 2003)
- criminal forfeiture & sentencing, March 25, 2004
COLORADO:
"Boulder City gets confiscated items; Online sales include airport
screeners' booty," March 25, 2004, link to article
CALIFORNIA:
"ALAMEDA COUNTY/Judge
pleads no contest to misdemeanor/He may face probe, reassignment,"
March 20, 2004
"Stealing
Private Property With Public Dollars," March 19, 2004, link
to article on eminent domain takings in NY, Conn., NJ, & PA.
CALIFORNIA:
FEAR Board member
Mark Clausen wins second major ruling against Cal. forfeiture
ordinances!, March 19, 2004
CALIFORNIA:
"OAKLAND/Police brass
flayed by report/Experts say complaints get low priority," March
17, 2004
NEW
HAMPSHIRE: Merrimack police to build gym with forfeiture revenue,
March 15, 2004, link to article
NEW
MEXICO: Albuquerque Journal
Opinion page mentions Jody Neal-Post's case, March 15, 2004
FEAR
Brief Bank expansion - new rules
for access - plea for help, March 15, 2004
UTAH:
Contact Gov. Olene Walker
To Veto 2nd Sub. SB 175, Private Property Confiscation!, March 11,
2004
NEW
MEXICO: "Man, Never Charged, Sues
To Get Money Seized by Cops," March 10, 2004, clipping from
an Albuquerque Journal article discusses Jody Neal-Post's
constitutional challenge to Albuquerque Police Department's practice of
seizing property and keeping it without complying with forfeiture
procedures.
UTAH
Alert:
Please help revive Utah's Initiative B forfeiture reform initiative
from the legislative repeal, March 7, 2004
Minutes
of FEAR Annual Meeting,
March 6, 2004
UTAH:
SB 175 Referendum to be Filed
-
Your Assistance is Required!, March 6, 2004
UTAH:
2nd Sub. SB 175 Passes
House!, March 3, 2004
UTAH:
2nd Sub. SB 175
(Forfeiture) Is On Board!, March 2, 2004
February 2004
How
Clean Is Your Client's Money?, link to article on attorney's fee forfeiture by Diana Digges,
Lawyers Weekly USA (Feb. 2004), FEAR-List bulletin February 28,
2004
UTAH:
Keep the Heat on 2nd Sub. SB 175!,
February 27, 2004
UTAH:
2nd Sub. SB 175
(Forfeiture) May Pass at Any Time!, February 26, 2004
FLORIDA:
WHAT a deal - give up your car, don't go to jail!, February 25,
2004, link to article in St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
"This is just another inappropriate use of the state's forfeiture law.
...We don't stipulate seizure as a condition of not being arrested,"
said Marianne Pasha ...
UTAH: 2nd Sub. S.B. 175 Passes House Committee! ACT NOW!,
February 25, 2004
FLORIDA:
Pinellas Woman Offered No Pot Charges in Return for 1968 Buick,
February 25, 2004
January 2004
TENNESSEE: Ex-police employee guilty, Stole drugs and cash from
evidence room, January 21, 2004, link to article by Chris
Conley
ARIZONA:
THE BORDER: Smugglers' rides
will be crunched: 900 vehicles seized from people traffickers,
January 13, 2004, commentary by Leon Felkins, with links to Tucson
articles
TEXAS:
bulletin about radio show
"Racial Bias in the Drug War", January 12, 2004
"PATRIOT
Act used to snag Rush Limbaugh? Critics decry misapplication of terror
law's money-laundering provisions," January 8, 2004, link to
WorldNet Daily article
MONTANA:
Marijuana land grab, January 8, 2004 link to article. "Ravalli
County authorities arrested a Corvallis man in October following a
two-year investigation into his alleged marijuana-growing operation. In
addition to seizing more than the felony amount of 50 plants, the
sheriff’s office also wants to seize the man’s mother’s property...."
Government
Starts eBay-Style Auctions, January 6, 2004, link to Chicago
CBS2 article article about how U.S. Marshal Service on-line auctions
sell forfeited property for a song.
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